Biography Thomas Wilberforce Mitchell

Thomas Wilberforce Mitchell ARCA, OSA, SGA, CSPWC, ALCT (1879 - 1958)

A prominent early 20th century Canadian painter, draftsman, commercial artist, graphic artist and illustrator, Thomas Wilberforce Mitchell was born in Clarksburg, Ontario (on Lake Huron, about 110 miles northwest of Toronto), lived much of his life in Toronto, Ontario and died in Barrie, Ontario (about 60 miles north of Toronto), where he had been living since the late 1930s or early 1940s. He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists*, an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*, and there is a painting of his in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. (1)